flowage

flowage
A right to overflow the land of another in the accumulation and maintenance of an artificial body of water, acquired by grant or prescription, or reserved in conveyance. Union Falls Power Co. v Marionette County, 238 Wis 134, 298 NW 598, 134 ALR 958.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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  • Flowage — Flow age (?; 48), n. An overflowing with water; also, the water which thus overflows. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • flowage — [flō′ij] n. ☆ 1. a flowing, overflowing, or flooding 2. a flooded condition 3. what flows or overflows 4. Geol. a gradual change in shape of rocks that occurs without breakage …   English World dictionary

  • flowage — noun 1. gradual internal motion or deformation of a solid body (as by heat) rock fracture and rock flowage are different types of geological deformation • Hypernyms: ↑flow 2. a body of water that has been created by deliberately flooding an area… …   Useful english dictionary

  • flowage — The natural flow or movement of water from an upper estate to a lower one is a servitude which the owner of the latter must bear, though the flowage be not in a natural water course with well defined banks …   Black's law dictionary

  • flowage — The natural flow or movement of water from an upper estate to a lower one is a servitude which the owner of the latter must bear, though the flowage be not in a natural water course with well defined banks …   Black's law dictionary

  • flowage right — See flowage …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • flowage — noun Date: 1830 1. a. an overflowing onto adjacent land b. a body of water formed by overflowing or damming c. floodwater especially of a stream 2. gradual deformation of a body of plastic solid (as rock) by intermolecular shear …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • flowage — /floh ij/, n. 1. an act of flowing; flow. 2. the state of being flooded. 3. flowing or overflowing water, or other liquid. 4. Mech. gradual internal motion or deformation. [1820 30, Amer.; FLOW + AGE] * * * …   Universalium

  • Flowage — Течение; Текучесть; Пластическая деформация …   Краткий толковый словарь по полиграфии

  • flowage — n. flow, current; flooding, inundation; liquid which flows or overflows …   English contemporary dictionary

  • flowage — flow·age …   English syllables

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